Gas-range.



J. S. VAN BUREN.

GAS RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17, 1913.

Patented Jan.26, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTO-LITHOH WASHINGTON. D. C,

JAFEW S. VAN BUBEN, OF

ALBANY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ABRAM COX STOVE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- VANIA.

GAS-RANGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

Application filed June 17, 1813. Serial No. 774,081.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAFEW S. VAN BUREN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Albany, county of Albany, State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Gas-Ranges, of which the following is a specification.

Only this invention relates to certain improvements in that type of gas range having a gas table and an oven projecting above the gas table.

T he object of my invention is to provide a gas range of this type with an extended gas table and a large oven without increasing the standard width of the range. This object I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a front elevation of my improved gas range; Fig. 2, is a sectional plan view on the line a-a, Fig. 3; and Fig. 3, is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 7)-Z), Fig. 2.

' Referring to the drawings, 1 is the bottom plate of a gas range supported on legs 2, 2.

3 is a stand which acts as a shelf, as well as a support for the legs. Located between the legs and under the bottom. plate are drawers 4 of any suitable type, although these drawers may be omitted in some instances. Projecting upwardly from the center of the bottom plate is an oven section 5 consisting of the broiling oven 6 and the baking oven 7. The baking oven is located above the broiling oven and is of a greater width than said broiling oven and much Wider than ovens of a gas range of the same extreme width.

Located between the two ovens are burners 8, 8, which may be of the ordinary type, and a pilot 9 through which the gas in the burners is ignited. At each side of the broiling oven 6 is a top plate 10 and mounted in the top plate is a grid 11 of the ordinary type. The grids are preferably made detachable so that access can be had when necessary to the burners under the grid. In the present instance, on one side of the range are two burners 12, 12 of the same size, and on the opposite side is a burner 13 also of the same size as the burners 12. There is a burner 14 of a larger capacity and a smaller or simmering burner 15. 16 is a gas supply pipe which is shaped as shown in Fig. 1, and tubes 17 connect this pipe with the two burners 12.

18, 18 are gas valves for regulating the How of gas to the pipe 17 and at the end of the pipe, adjacent the valves, are the ordinary air inlets. Valves 19, 19 are located in the pipes leading to the burners S and there is a small valve 20 for controlling the flow of gas to the pilot 9. The burners 8 are so arranged that the flame not only heats the baking oven but can also be used for broiling. In each of these ovens are slideways 21 for the reception of the ordinary slides, not shown.

22, 22 are tubes leading to the two burners 13 and 141, and 23 23are the valves in the gas supply pipes leading to these tubes.

24: is a tube leading to the simmering burner 15, and 25 is a valve controlling the flow of gas to this burner.

26, 26 are drip pans which are located under the two grids and these pans are detachable, although they may be fastened if so desired.

27 is a dead air space between the inner walls 28 of the broiling oven and the outer walls 29. The outer Walls extend the full height of the oven structure. The dead air space 27 extends back of the outer walls and between them and the intermediate walls 30. The inner walls of the baking oven are spaced from the intermediate walls 30 and communicate with the interior of the broiling oven 6, forming a hot air flue 32 on each side which communicates with a hot air flue 33 above the baking oven. At the back of the range is a flue opening 34, which may be connected to the chimney to carry off the waste gases.

The width and depth of a gas range is limited and it is desirable to provide an oven of sufiicient capacity without contracting the area of the table or the top of the range under which are the usual burners. By my invention 1 am enabled to make a comparatively large oven by locating it a suflicient distance above the top plate or table of the range, so as not to interfere with the pots and pans placed on the table and also by slightly contracting the broiling oven and by supporting the baking oven directly above or on the broiling oven. Furthermore, a gas range made in accordance with my invention need not be limited to the two styles which are now necessary, one of which has a right hand oven and the other a left hand oven, according to the placement ofthe gas range with respect to the windows of the apartment; it being desirable that the exposed section or table shall have plenty of light which shall not be intercepted or interfered with by the oven. However, by placing the oven in a central position, the range can be set at any position desired, as'onep'ortion of the table will always have plenty of light. This construction makes an exceedingly convenient range which can be artistically ornamented.

In some instances, the broiling oven may be dispensed with and the baking oven may be mounted on a suitable structure, somewhat narrower than that shown, and may extend a greater distance over the burner table, if found desirable. The space between the two tables and below the baking oven may be used as a warming closet instead of a broiling oven, if found more desirable.

I claim The combination in a gas range, of a bottom plate; a centrally located oven and broiler structure projecting upwardly from the bottom plate; elevated gas burners; a pipe leading to the burners, the broiling oven being below the gas burners and the baking oven being above the gas burners and of a greater width than the broiling oven; fines surrounding the baking oven and communicating with the space in which the burners are mounted; two gas tables, one located on each side of the broiling oven and above the bottom plate; burners in each gas table, the baking oven extending over the inner edge of each gas table so that a wide baking oven is obtained without decreasing the area of the gas tables and without increasing the width of the stove.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAFEW S. VAN BUREN.

\Vitnesses WM. E. SHUPE, WM. A. BARR.

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